DIXFIELD — A local man remained in critical condition at a Portland hospital Wednesday night, a day after he suffered third-degree burns in a fire at his farmhouse on Averill Hill Road, officials said. Richard Roberts, 78, was heating water on a propane kitchen stove when his clothing caught fire, according to information from the State […]
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Autopsy performed on Mexico man found in cold
MEXICO — Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Wednesday that he is awaiting results of an autopsy on a 23-year-old Mexico man he found dead behind a vacant sawmill on Route 120 on Tuesday. The Medical Examiner’s Office performed an autopsy Wednesday morning, the chief said. “They’re waiting on the toxicology results before ruling on the cause of […]
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Friday's newspaper may be late
Because of the extreme nature of predicted snow accumulation and blizzard conditions today — which meteorologists are calling a “bomb cyclone” — your newspaper delivery may be delayed Friday morning. Please make every effort to keep your delivery location clean and free of snow and ice. If needed, complimentary access to sunjournal.com and the Sun […]
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Dixfield man burned in kitchen fire
DIXFIELD — A local man suffered third-degree burns over 45 percent of his body in a kitchen fire at his Averill Hill Road farmhouse Tuesday evening, Fire Chief Scott Dennett said. Richard Roberts was listed in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland late Tuesday night, a nursing supervisor said. Dennett said the most significant […]
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House fire in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Firefighters and Med-Care Ambulance have been called to 97 Averill Hill Road. At least one person is being evaluated for injuries and LifeFlight air ambulance is standing by.
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Med-Care holding the line for 2018 budget
MEXICO — The Med-Care Ambulance board of directors has voted to hold the line on its 2018 budget. Directors last month approved a $1,827,333 budget, or $24 per capita — the same as 2017 for the 11 towns comprising the Northern Oxford Regional Ambulance Service. Board President Steve Brown said the budget is actually down from […]
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Recycling advocates push for environmental, cost savings
MEXICO — Maine appears to be doing better in recycling waste than the national average, but some advocates are still frustrated with the state’s progress. “It’s hard to get people to do it,” said Patty Duguay, chairwoman of the Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, which serves Roxbury, Byron, Rumford, Mexico, Peru and Dixfield. The […]
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Recycling: Pounds, people, percents
According to the most recent figures from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2013, the average American throws away 1,606 pounds of trash per year, or 4.4 pounds per day. That comes out to 254 million tons of trash dumped into landfills each year — an amount that has doubled since 1960. Mainers throw away about […]
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Wendall "Chummy" Broomhall, Maine skiing legend, dies
Wendall “Chummy” Broomhall, left, the oldest living member of the Chisholm Ski Club, talks as Scott Pitts listens at Black Mountain’s Winter Carnival in February 2017. Pitts asked Broomhall to autograph his newly purchased copy of “A Century on Skis” by Scott Andrews. (Sun Journal file photo) Maine — and the United States — have […]
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House in Mexico destroyed by fire
MEXICO — Fire destroyed a home at 107 Swift River Road on Saturday morning, but all occupants got out safely, Chief Richard Jones said. He said the call came in at 7:54 a.m. When the fire departments from Rumford and Mexico arrived, the two-story house was engulfed in flames. Jones said there were two people […]